B. I am told President Jimmy Carter always had a great concern for how history would remember him?

C. How will I be remember?

D. SPECIAL:

Distinguished by some unusual trait or quality.

Held in particular esteem.

You want to some how be unique, extra, or additional good traits above others.

Standing in a class by one’s self.

II. WOULD WE HAVE ENJOYED STANDING IN HISTORY AS THE FATHER OR MOTHER OF JESUS?

A. JESUS KNEW THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS LIMITED, BUT JESUS KNEW THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SPECIAL IN HIS KINGDOM HAD NO LIMITS!

Matthew 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

B. YOU CAN BE VERY SPECIAL TO YOUR SPOUSE? FAMILY? CHURCH?

C. YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS BUILD MEMORIES?

D. ARE YOU BUILDING GOOD MEMORIES?

III. MARY OF BETHANY HAD A GOOD FAMILY.

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

A. MARY HAD A FAMOUS BROTHER, LAZARUS.

B. Mary of Bethany had a brother named Lazarus, and a sister named Martha, we just finished a study on Martha the WORRIED HOUSEKEEPER.